A teenager pulling a prank on his father backfired in the worst way possible for him. After he broke the ‘news’ to his father, he watched as his dad destroyed his gaming computer and his fan in his bedroom with a baseball bat. Yea, never saw this going sideways AT ALL:

Vincent, from California, was powerless to stop his dad as he picked up a baseball bat and repeatedly hit the games console.

The incident, which was recorded by his cousin in a seven-minute video, sees Vincent immediately regret the prank and ask: ‘Why can’t we go back in time?’

The video started with a nervous-looking Vincent, he said: ‘Alright guys, I’m about to call my dad right now. I’m shaking, kind of scared. But let’s do it. I’ve never pranked my dad before.’

When his dad picks up the phone, he asks him in Vietnamese: ‘You have time to talk?’

The father replied: ‘I’m driving right now’ and Vincent replied ‘Can I talk to you right now?

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In shock, Vincent then lays on floor with head in hands. The cousin said: ‘At the same time I feel bad for you but equally this is what you get.’

Vincent said: ‘What’s the f**king point in telling him it’s a prank now? If I tell him it’s a prank can we go back in time and change this?

‘Oh my gosh, why can’t we go back in time, bro. I’ve been using this computer for the last two years. Look at it! He broke the fan too. I prank him once and this is what I get.’

He then goes down the stairs and opens the front door to speak to his dad, who’s sat outside.

‘Dad, you know I was kidding, right?’ Vincent says.

‘Kidding about what?’, his dad replies.

‘It’s a prank for the internet, a video. It’s just a joke, I didn’t get no girl pregnant.’

‘Why didn’t you say so earlier?’ his dad asks. ‘That’s not something to joke about. It doesn’t matter if it’s a joke.

After apologising, Vincent asked: ‘So you going to get me a new computer? You broke my computer.’

But his question is met with a frosty response. His dad said: ‘Broken or not, I don’t care. I’m not going to say anything anymore,’ his dad says. ‘Now that it’s broken, its on you. Do whatever you want.’

Before the video ends, a distraught-looking Vincent added: ‘Wow, I can’t believe that’s just happened right now. What just happened right now. I can’t believe that just happened.’

I’m with Vincent’s dad on this one. This is a stupid prank and sorry, you deserve whatever happened to you as a result. This, by the way, is why we don’t allow teenagers to run things, folks.